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COVID-19,
GAVI,
IPSOS,
Research results,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Vaccine distribution,

New collaboration and investment scales up innovation to improve vaccine delivery systems in Africa

January 20, 2023 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile and Gavi partner to accelerate the scaling of innovations under the INFUSE platform with catalytic funding and expertise for high-impact, proven innovations.

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COVID-19,
Supply Chain,
Vaccine distribution,

Improving COVID-19 vaccine access and demand in Nairobi, Kenya

January 10, 2023 / By PLM_Admin

Leveraging funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation’s Stop the Spread funding, Project Last Mile led demand creation and cold chain equipment management strategies to support making vaccines more accessible and increase vaccine demand in Kenya

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COVID-19,
South Africa,
Uncategorized,
USAID,

Digital and community influencers drive COVID-19 vaccine uptake in targeted South African populations.

December 7, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile is working with South Africa’s National Department of Health (NDoH) to test influencer-led approaches, which have proven to reach and motivate targeted segments with low vaccine uptake.

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COVID-19,
IPSOS,
Research results,
South Africa,
USAID,

Nudging people towards COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa

September 21, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

Behavioral nudges can help improve vaccine uptake, but there have been limited studies on this in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa. To support the ongoing efforts of the National Department of Health and partners in accelerating the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, Project Last Mile collaborated with Ipsos to undertake the first nationally representative study in South Africa. The study aimed to understand and explore the feasibility of incentive programs and behavioral nudges to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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COVID-19,
Kingdom of eSwatini,
Supply Chain,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Strengthening the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Eswatini

September 7, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

In the Kingdom of Eswatini in southern Africa, Project Last Mile is leveraging Coca-Cola system best practices in route-to-market, cold chain, and strategic marketing to strengthen supply and demand for COVID-19 vaccines, strategically collaborating with partners across workstreams to improve uptake and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines down to the last mile.

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COVID-19,
South Africa,
Supply Chain,
USAID,

Project Last Mile supports disaster recovery to ensure ongoing chronic medication access in South Africa

July 4, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

Throughout COVID-19, Project Last Mile supported the CCMDD program in identifying ways to enable more patients to access chronic medication to reduce the strain on overburdened health facilities. When the riots began in KwaZulu-Natal, the NDoH, supported by Project Last Mile, designed and executed a recovery plan built on its existing disaster recovery planning.

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Annual report,
BMGF,
COVID-19,
Family planning,
PLM team,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Project Last Mile’s 2021 annual report

June 29, 2022 / By PLM_Admin

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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Annual report,
BMGF,
COVID-19,
Family planning,
PLM team,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Project Last Mile’s 2020 annual report released

April 6, 2021 / By PLM_Admin
Project Last Mile annual report

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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COVID-19,
Family planning,
Opportunities,
TCCC,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Call for applications: matching health enterprises with private sector expertise to improve family planning

March 25, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Project Last Mile is seeking to identify and support innovators and social enterprises which demonstrate a proven or promising market-based approach to improve the availability, access to, or uptake of family planning commodities or relevant products in Africa through Project Last Mile technical assistance in the area route-to-market. Successful applicants will be poised for growth and serving customers in eligible countries in Africa.

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BMGF,
COVID-19,
Supply Chain,
TCCC,
TCCF,
TGF,
Uncategorized,
USAID,
Vaccine distribution,

Findings on the operational feasibility of maintaining ultra-cold temperatures to distribute COVID-19 vaccines – the availability of dry ice within the Coca-Cola value chain in 70 countries

March 18, 2021 / By PLM_Admin

Project Last Mile leveraged its networks within the Coca-Cola system in Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands to identify potential sources of dry ice and liquid carbon dioxide to evaluate availability of existing carbon dioxide. Fifteen bottler and 35 liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice suppliers from the Coca-Cola system were consulted for this assessment. The quantities of dry ice and liquid carbon dioxide available by country were mapped against demand determined by the COVAX Delivery Model and shortfalls in capacity were identified.

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  • Global Fund
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  • IPSOS
  • Journal article
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  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Supply Chain
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Tanzania
  • TCCC
  • TCCF
  • TGF
  • Uganda
  • Uncategorized
  • USAID
  • Vaccine distribution
  • Yale

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